Year: 2019
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Design of access control mechanisms for healthcare systems is challenging: it must strike the right balance between permissions and restrictions. In this work, we introduce a novel approach based on the Blockchain technology for storing patient medical data and creation an audit logging system able to protect health data from unauthorized modification and access. The proposed method has a tree structure: a main chain linked with patient's identity and one or several subchains used for storing additional critical data (e.g., medical diagnoses or access logs).
Authors: Sergii Kushch, Silvio Ranise, Giada Sciarretta
Institutions: University of Limerick, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2967247243